Davenport-bed.



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DAVBPORT BED. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28,1907.

`Patented FebQ, 1909.

einen STATES Frise Geenen A. MELLN, or 'srl LoUIsMssoURL IDAVElhl'POlRfT-IBEID.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Application filed .Tune 28, 1907. Serial No. 881,365.

To all whom iti/may concern:

kBe it known that LGEORGE A. MELLON, a citizen'of the United States of America, residmg at the city of St. Louis, in the` State of Missouri, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Davenport-Beds, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. f u

AMy invention're'lates to anim rovelnent upon the davenport bed shown an fdescribed in Letters Patent of the United States No.

820,808, issued tome May 15,1906.

yIn 'the patent 'mentioned only 'e 'Single Swinging alm nur is utilized @1t-each" end er the pieepf furniture "to pivotally' connecttlie' movable or back section to the stationary 'or Vseat tion and it has been found that this construction is unsatisfactory for reasons I will specify. In the use of a single link at each end of the davenport bedit is necessary, in

accomplishing the movement of the back secf. tion from a folded position to an unfolded' position to lower the .backsectionv onto the seat section and "canse engagement of pivot members vcarried by the backsect1on-W1th pivot members `supported by the stationary' section after vvhich'the back section is swung upwardly and forwardly and finally into horizontal "alinement" with th'es'eat section during which operation pivotal engagement should be maintained between thesections.

The cushions which are utilized'in'theseat and back sections of .the davenportbediand constitute members of said sections are frequently ununiform in thickness and are moreover liable to become 'disarranged or diminished in thickness by usage.

As a consequence of the facts mentioned respecting the cushions it is frequently diiiicult to accomplish-engagement ofthe pivotl members carried bythe back section With the pivot members `at the front of the: Seat sectionE due to these parts notl moving into f' proper registration with each other and itis the object ofmy .present improvement'to provide" a construction whereby the faulty .operation of the back' seat relative tothe seat section is overcome.

Another objectv of my present improveldavenport heil Sn'orfth in the'v ment is to provide for an easier operation of the back section by sustaining it upon swingv ing supports which prevent contact thereof with "the 'seat section While the rst mentioned sectio'nis being moved relative 'to the last mentioned section.

Another object is to rovide for a construction that permits o4 the use 'of simpler and more 'sightly pivotal members in connection with the seat section and back section .of the dave'nport bed.

Figure l is an end elevation of my daventhereof 'broken away; the intermediate and horizontal `I'jo'sition'sjof the movable or back section being" sl1ovv1 in" dotted lines.' Figl isa" rear"'lev'tion Ofone' end' 'f the davenbroken' out"of tleset rframe. Fig. lVfis an 'end elevationofT fragments of the seal- -andback sections of the 'bed in unfolded y'positions and illustratinga modification' of the I,

pivot members associated with these sections.`

` In the accompanying drawings: A designates the stationary or seatv section of my davenport bedand B the movable or back section thereof. The seat section is supeA ported by legs 1 that terminate at their' upper ends in end arms 2:

:The seat section' comprises a cushion or pad'o'f any common construction and a yseat frame"vvhich"is' composed oflside raiis,

Snp'erposed end rails i-and cross'vro'ds 5 unit- Aof top andv bottomrails 8, back end rails 9 and cross rods 10 attached to' the top and .botto`1n"ra1ls, the said rods providingrrevsistance members'fo'r the springs :ofthe-back section cushion. The frame of the back sec'- `'tion includes transverse end bars' ll, ivl'iich are located adjacent to the edge oi' the haelt section that is uppermost when the hack section is in vertical or 'folded position above the seat section and which, when the hack section is moved into a horizontal position and in front oi and in alinement with the seat section, are located adjacent to the t'ront edge of the seat. section. Each or the end bars 11 is provided at its forward end with a llaterally projecting stud 12.l

13 are lugs or pivot members located in front ot and near the upper sui-'face of the seat section A and which are adapted to receive the studs 12 carried by the back se tion in order that said studs may pivot upon the members 13 `when the back section is moved from an upright position to a horizontal position.

le designates an inner mein carrier linlr that is pivoted at. 15 to the superposed end rail l of the seat frame at a point in :front of the center of said scat traine and at 16 to the hack end rail ot' the back frame B at a point near what is the lower edge of said haelt frame when the back frame is in folded position. A corresponding main carrier link is connected to the seat and back frames at the opposite end of the bed., Each inner main carrier link is provided with e 1T extending approximately transversely therefrom and on the inner side thereoic and adapted to in ovewith the linl-z and serve as a Support for the back section B when the back section. is moved into horizontal alinement with the seat section. The legs 17 also assume positions at the rear of the back Section when it is in upright position to serve as braces for said section, andthe legs being located bach of the back section are prevented from coming into Contact with the upholstery at the ends of the davennort sections to injure said upholstery. The legs 17 in this position are located within the hack frame and alongside the hack end rails 9. i

18 designates an outer auxiliary carrier linlt that pi'votecl at 19 to the superposed cud rail of the seat 'frame at a point rear Jard from the point of pivotal connection oir the lmain carrier link to said seat trame but also forward of the center of the seat frame The outer auxiliary carrier linlr crosses theI main carrier link and is riveted at 20 to the back end rail of the hack frame' et a point nearer the center of said back frame than that at which the inner main carrier link is pivotetl to said hach frame. 'A correspendingv link is utilizeir at the end of the hed opposite that illustrated.

when the movable or baci( section of 'my davenport bed is to he moved from the 'tolded position, illustrated in tull lines Figs. l anti-in order that the article ot furniture may 'he l course entirely remorecl used asal ned instead oi' as a. seat the i bach: section is readily swung; toi-unirti aud upward and as it. swung' its .veijeght is sustained entirely y the inner main and outer auxiliary carrier links 1laud 1S with the result that the hach. sf, tion travels iu a from the sont, section that, it is out ot' contact therewith. The inner main and outer auxiliary carrier linie;

'being pivotally ctuiuec'ted at dill'oreut points to the sent and back frames and crossingl each other, provide for a turning); movement; of the hach' section as swung' vtoman-diy' and this turning morinncnt continued throi:client the entire movement ol' the hack section., whereby the pivot studsl 1L arc caused to first move forwardly and then downwardly and them as: the hach section is low ered man the intermediate position illusrated in dolori lines, lf i and the links more again 'toward a ho oual position, the top edge of the ha lt section carried in u'z'irdly toward the from'. cdejc ot the seat section and l'iually iu :li juz-.itapositiou with the 'front edge oi? the seat section that hearing' is created luiztween the pivot studs and the 'piro uenihers 13 at the front of the seat, section, he further downwardv movement of the ha section is then directed by 'the engragcniei'it oi the pivot members 1Q and 125 until the haelt section has assumed a horizontal position in liront of the sont section and the lees carried hy the main carrier "which the seat ai d hack f-:citiouf-2 ot' the hcd and the carrier liuh correspond to those herein previously dcscrihcd but in which a pivot member 113 is lmfuicd at the hottoln o the seat section instead oi ucar the top there of and pivot mei oer locaicd at the hach oi" the ouch .iiou instead of adjacent to the fronty oi" d section and at the eud thereoi These pivot members are designed for engagement io the same manner as those ln'eviou riesci-dual when the bach. section is moved into herr/:entail position.

claim: l

A foldingl hed conuurising supporting legs, a scat-section having a .seat-frame supported (iii on the leus, a tinck-section inwing a hachi ivi. .thehacltoi ehacn-ifraine wheuitis mi out'er auxiliary the back-frame `than he nne'rl main carrier carl-1er f' V s'plytgd It'o the sent-frame at a v 5` the' center of theseabfyame crossin the n- In the presene of- 4 ner main carrier-links, n pivot to the LILY RosT, Y back-frame at @point nearr yto the center of -v BLANCHE HOGAN.l 

